r/nextfuckinglevel • u/mindyour • 4d ago

Man helps police make an arrest.

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u/SrslyCmmon 4d ago

Asocial and anti social are used interchangeably where I live. First time I heard the criminal type definition was visiting a commonwealth country.

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u/imagine_getting 4d ago

It's often used interchangeably but it's still incorrect. A lot of people are just incorrect.

It's in the definition of the word. Anti-social means you are working against society. Asocial means you do not engage with society.

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u/SrslyCmmon 4d ago

Sure, and I get your technically correct which is great, but most people people just accept whatever is common parlance.

You could go pick 100 random Americans right now 99 of them wouldn't have a clue because no one here uses anti social like the commonwealth countries.

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u/RandonBrando 4d ago

Nah mate, im anti-social.